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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
910 LOUISIANA STREET
HOUSTON
TEXAS 77002-4995
TEXAS
United States
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Tiffany Means
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Tiffany Means represents clients in the energy, oil and gas, power, technology, and renewable sectors with a practice focused on complex commercial disputes involving upstream exploration and production matters across multi-basin portfolios, midstream and downstream operations focused on evolving global energy markets, and environmental issues such as emissions, groundwater, and disposal of byproducts entrained in the production stream. Tiffany has handled a broad range of litigation working closely with operators, service companies, project developers, electric cooperatives, and property interest owners across the value chain.
With a practical knowledge of the energy industry, Tiffany has counseled domestic and international companies concerning mineral leases, royalty obligations, post-production costs, gas purchase contracts, the supply chain, force majeure, power agreements, renewable energy developments, title disputes, surface use including pore space, pipeline easements, subsurface use for horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations, environmental concerns, subsurface trespass, nuisance, property damage, contamination, pollutants, regulatory standards, joint operating agreements, master service agreements, assignments, water use, carbon sequestration, produced water, injection wells, and indemnity obligations.
In 2023, the President of the State Bar of Texas appointed Tiffany to a three-year term on the Pattern Jury Charge—Oil and Gas Committee. Tiffany also serves on the planning committee for the State Bar of Texas Annual Advanced Oil, Gas, and Energy Resources Law Course.
Thomson Reuters has recognized Tiffany as a “Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star.” Tiffany served as Past President of the Midland Bar Association. Before joining the firm, Tiffany clerked for the Honorable Robert Junell and the Honorable David Counts of the United States District Court, Western District of Texas, Midland/Odessa and Pecos Divisions.
Memberships
State Bar of Texas
Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
HBA Energy Law Section
Midland Bar Association, Past President
Education
J.D., Baylor Law School 2013
cum laude
Executive Editor, Baylor Law Review
Order of the Barristers
B.B.A., Real Estate, Baylor University 2010
magna cum laude
Beta Gamma Sigma
Business Honors Society
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense